Definition of Marantas

1. maranta [n] - See also: maranta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marantas

marae
maraes
maraging
maragings
marah
marahs
marai
maramie
maramies
maranatha
maranathas
marang
marang tree
maranta
marantaceous
marantas (current term)
marantic
marantic atrophy
marantic endocarditis
marantic oedema
maras
marasca
marasca cherry
marascas
maraschino
maraschino cherry
maraschinos
marasmic
marasmic thrombosis
marasmic thrombus

Literary usage of Marantas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1866)
"Ferns, Palms, or other popular groups, no one could deny that the marantas come into the first rank of fine-foliaged plants of moderate size. ..."

2. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1868)
"Verdier; six marantas, among them small specimens of the rare M. ... marantas.—For the best six, to HH Hunnewell, $6. For the next best, to Hovey &. ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1861)
"Mr. Weir, of Bay Ridge, exhibited Caladiums, Begonias, marantas, and other pot plants; but after leaving the large collections it was difficult to say to ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The genus is closely allied to Calathea and Maranta and is often confused with them. The marantas are New World plants with 1 seed-bearing locule in the ..."

5. New and Rare Beautiful-leaved Plants: Containing Illustrations and by Shirley Hibberd (1870)
"Considered as decorative plants, the marantas, generally speaking, ... The marantas constitute a good natural group, having distinct features and strong ..."

6. Choice Stove and Greenhouse Ornamental-leaved Plants: Comprising by Benjamin Samuel Williams (1876)
"marantas are plants very easily grown into handsome specimens, ... The drainage must be good, as although marantas enjoy most liberal waterings, ..."

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